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It's funny that the country that invented trains has worse trains than the US.
I wouldn't go that far.
What are you talking about, America is the worst at it by a mile
Ehhhhhhhh, considering the UK is basically the same size as ONE midwestern state ... it's highly debatable as to who has failed worse. (note: both are still abysmal failures, but one country has a goal post MUCH closer than the other)
By a mile? How many miles of operational rail do we have? Now how many miles do you have? The US has approximately 140,000, mi. There is approximately 10,000 mi of rail across Great Britain and Northern Ireland........
As my British friend Tom used to say
Mate you fucking flunked your maths schooling didn't ya.
Your comment shouldn't be downvoted, it's certainly debatable who has the worse rail
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acela
All I'm saying is Amtrak hasn't folded and rebranded three different times in the last decade. https://youtu.be/IayST598Vxo
It certainly doesn’t.
Nah mate that’s a massive exaggeration. US rail is absolutely centuries behind UK rail.